Возьмите разводной ключ.

Возьмите is the imperative form of взять, which means to take.

So возьмите means:

• take! when speaking to more than one person, or
• take! in a polite/formal way to one person.

This is one of the most common Russian imperative patterns:

• взять → возьми (informal singular)
• взять → возьмите (plural or polite)

So if you were speaking casually to one friend, you would usually say:

• Возьми разводной ключ.

But to a stranger, customer, student, or group, возьмите is appropriate.

Russian imperatives are often not fully predictable from the infinitive, especially with common verbs.

The infinitive is взять, but the imperative stem is built from the future/simple stem:

• я возьму
• ты возьмёшь
• imperative: возьми / возьмите

So the возьм- part comes from the conjugated stem, not directly from the infinitive spelling.

This is a very common verb, so it is worth memorizing as a set:

• взять — to take
• возьму — I will take
• возьми — take! (informal singular)
• возьмите — take! (polite/plural)

This is an aspect question.

• взять is perfective
• брать is imperfective

Imperative возьмите usually means take it / pick it up / take this now, focusing on the completed action.

Imperative берите can mean something more like:

• take it
• go ahead and take it
• you may take it
• start taking / use this one

In many situations both are possible, but the nuance is different:

• Возьмите разводной ключ.
  = take the adjustable wrench (perform the action, get that tool)

• Берите разводной ключ.
  = take the adjustable wrench / go ahead and use the adjustable wrench

A native English speaker often doesn’t notice this distinction at first, because English take covers both. In Russian, aspect adds a small but important difference in tone.

Here разводной means adjustable, so разводной ключ is an adjustable wrench.

The adjective comes from the idea of spreading apart / opening wider, which fits a wrench whose jaw can be adjusted.

This is a fixed everyday tool phrase:

• разводной ключ = adjustable wrench

So even if the adjective looks mysterious by itself, it is very common as part of this tool name.

Yes, ключ very often means key, but it can also mean a wrench/spanner.

Russian uses the same noun for several related tool-like objects. Context tells you which meaning is intended.

Examples:

• ключ от двери = a door key
• гаечный ключ = a wrench/spanner
• разводной ключ = an adjustable wrench

So in tool vocabulary, ключ often means wrench rather than key.

It is in the accusative case, because it is the direct object of возьмите.

The dictionary form is:

• разводной ключ — nominative singular

In this sentence, the direct object is also:

• разводной ключ — accusative singular

Why does it look the same? Because for inanimate masculine nouns, the accusative singular is usually the same as the nominative singular.

So:

• nominative: разводной ключ
• accusative: разводной ключ

The adjective also matches:

• nominative masculine singular: разводной
• accusative masculine singular inanimate: разводной

That is why nothing visibly changes here, even though the case is accusative.

In Russian grammar, animate vs. inanimate affects the accusative case, especially for masculine nouns.

Ключ is inanimate because it refers to an object, not a living being.

For masculine nouns:

• inanimate accusative = same as nominative
• animate accusative = same as genitive

Compare:

• Я вижу ключ. = I see a wrench/key.
  (ключ stays the same because it is inanimate)

• Я вижу студента. = I see the student.
  (студента changes because it is animate)

So the fact that ключ is inanimate explains why the object form is unchanged.

Russian has no articles like English a/an or the.

So Возьмите разводной ключ could mean:

• Take the adjustable wrench
• Take an adjustable wrench

Which one is meant depends on context.

In real life, this sentence often implies the adjustable wrench, because the speaker probably has a specific tool in mind. But Russian does not mark that with a separate word.

English speakers often want a one-to-one equivalent for articles, but Russian simply leaves this unstated unless another word makes it clearer, such as:

• этот = this
• тот = that
• какой-нибудь = some kind of / any

For example:

• Возьмите этот разводной ключ. = Take this adjustable wrench.

Yes. Russian word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral order here is:

• Возьмите разводной ключ.

But you could also hear:

• Разводной ключ возьмите.

This version puts more emphasis on which tool to take, almost like:

• Take the adjustable wrench (not some other tool)

In many cases, Russian changes word order for emphasis, contrast, or flow, not because grammar requires a fixed position the way English often does.

The stress is:

• возьмИте разводнОй ключ

A rough English-friendly guide:

• возьмите ≈ vaz-MEE-tee
• разводной ≈ raz-va-DNOY
• ключ ≈ klyooch

A few pronunciation notes:

• зьм in возьмите can feel awkward for English speakers; try not to insert extra vowels.
• ключ begins with кл and has the ю sound, roughly klyu.
• The final consonant in ключ is pronounced ch.

If you are reading aloud, the most important thing is getting the stress right:

• возьмИте
• разводнОй
• ключ is monosyllabic, so stress is automatic.